[Distutils] Deprecate MANIFEST.in

[Lennart Regebro]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:14, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok so, in version 1.2 of your package, you use the implicit way (VCS based)
> then you introduce a new file, that forces your to be explicit in 1.3

Why?

> so you use setup.py
> then in 1.4 you're back in an implicit list...  this is not a
> long-term solution indeed.

No, that's a very strange solution. I don't believe I have suggested
anything like that.

> With glob-style patterns this is not a burden at all. and it's all in
> clear text there,
> not depending on any magic.

Could we in this discussion, instead of making fuzzy general
statements explain exactly what the problems are?

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